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Felix Gillette

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Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

Yeah.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

I mean, they just reported record sales in parks for the previous quarter.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

They hit $10 billion of sales in the quarter for the first time.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

But they offered this outlook today that said, in the current quarter, there are some concerns.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

There's all this volatility in terms of the international market.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

Are they going to have as many international visitors to the parks?

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

They're going to shift some of their

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

to try and attract more domestic visitors to the domestic parks.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

There's also increased costs.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

They're launching a new cruise ship.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

They have a new Frozen exhibit opening in the parks in France.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

So, yeah, the parks outlook for this quarter is not as good, coming off a very strong quarter.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

Yeah, so the board is meeting.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

They're expected to vote on Bob Iger's successor.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

We've been watching this for three years now.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

They are leaning towards Josh DeMauro, who's the head of parks, and we're expecting to see that vote this week.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

Disney had previously said they're going to announce a successor for Bob Iger sometime before the end of March.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

So things are moving forward, and it makes sense that Josh DeMauro would be in the lead at this point.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

The parks and cruise division is providing the vast amounts of profit at this company, and it sort of reflects where things are at.

Bloomberg Tech
Oracle’s Huge Bond Sale, Musk Eyes SpaceX and xAI Combo

The experience is really working well for consumers right now, and as we've talked about, the home entertainment is still somewhat tumultuous as we make this transition from cable to streaming.

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